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Esprit to close 80 loss-making stores worldwide Staff Reporter 2012-09-05 11:22 (GMT+8) An Esprit fashion show in Hong Kong. (File photo/Xinhua) Faced with competition from international clothing brands Uniqlo, Zara, H&M and Gap, to name a few, Esprit, a fashion brand previously popular...

Yes to more 'eyes' to catch high-rise litterbugs By Victoria Barker my paper Friday, Aug 31, 2012 For almost a decade, Mr Ng Cham Wat has had to put up with urine being poured along staircase landings at, and flung from, his Housing Board block. The 71-year-old retired electrician has...

NEA to set up surveillance cameras at 100 'problem spots' 30 August 2012 4:13 PM | Updated 5:00 PM <cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">Picture for illustration purposes only. (Photo / Wikimedia)</cite> Housing estates in Pasir Ris, West Coast...

Surveillance cameras in housing estates to curb high-rise littering Published on Aug 30, 2012 In NEA's pilot project conducted between May and December 2011, two offenders were caught and charged with high-rise littering. In this picture from footage captured, Hasmin Homammad Kashim was...

28 barred from registering as housing agents By Joanne Chan | Posted: 29 August 2012 1252 hrs SINGAPORE: As of August (2012), 28 people have been barred from registering as housing agents, says the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA). Revealing this figure in its inaugural e-newsletter...

Appeal for information on missing 75-year-old AsiaOne Sunday, Aug 26, 2012 SINGAPORE - Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 75-year-old Ng Soon Teck, who was last seen at Blk 124 Kim Tian Place on August 24 at about 10am. Mr Ng has a fair complexion, white hair, slim...

Shocking find The New Paper Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 Police cordoned off an area of the sixth storey of Block 62, Commonwealth Drive for more than eight hours after a 51-year old man was found dead - standing in front of a wash basin in the kitchen - by his nephew at around 1.30pm on Sunday...

Two suspects arrested for Commonwealth Drive murder AsiaOne Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 Two men, aged 22 and 24, who are believed to be in connection with the death of a 51-year-old Indian male, were arrested on Wednesday. The body of the Singaporean man was found in a flat at Block 62...

Fewer nabbed for drug abuse but more drugs seized in H1 By Hetty Musfirah | Posted: 16 August 2012 1411 hrs SINGAPORE: Fewer drug abusers were nabbed in the first half of the year. But more drugs were seized, according to the Central Narcotics Bureau's mid-year report released on...

Rise in young drug abusers By Alice Chia | Posted: 13 August 2012 2247 hrs SINGAPORE: 123 drug abusers below the age of 18 were arrested last year. This is more than double the number since 2008. Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said the latest figure comprised 4 per cent of...

Online vice case: Two more plead guilty to sex with underage girl AsiaOne Thursday, Jul 12, 2012 Two more men have pleaded guilty for paying an underage prostitute for sex in the online vice ring case. Singaporeans Louis Lee Lip Kian, 32, and Pyi Kyaw Han, 31, pleaded guilty to...

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Wednesday March 28, 2012 African group targeting Indians to be drug mules KUALA LUMPUR: An African drug smuggling syndicate is targeting the Indian community, especially those who are poor and from rural areas, to be drug mules. In a joint press conference organised by MCA Public...

Volunteers make a ‘bald’ statement By DURIE RAINER FONG [email protected] KOTA KINABALU: Six people, including three women, have gone bald so that stray cats and dogs can have a home. The animal lovers volunteered to have their heads shaven in a fundraiser to help the construction...